Akamai Employee Reviews
Out of 128 Akamai employee reviews, 77% were positive. The remaining 23% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Akamai improve their work culture. The Sales team, with 52% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Akamai compared to all other departments at the company.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Provide proper training... please update Akamai University content
There is very little leading from the leadership team. Corporate strategy and mission do not translate in a concrete way to work tasks. Honest appraisal is lacking, all communications from leadership are relentlessly optimistic. Nothing ever goes wrong per those at the top.
Review from Engineering Dept
Think something else but money
Review from Sales Dept
More agility. Listen to engineering ranks more.
Review from Engineering Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
A more competitive base salary compared to other companies within the sector
Lack of growth opportunities and very slow to promote, very little to no RSUs, expected to know a lot / do a lot and the salary is lower than average (for comparable positions at comparable companies).
More growth opportunities and better pay scale
Pay for you contribution to the stakeholders
Review from Sales Dept
Generally I do feel valued and compensated appropriately, but I wish the equity for employees was a little higher.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Due to the entire organizational structure and hierarchy changing quite literally 3 or more times a year as the numerous unannounced mini-layoffs create extreme vacancies, many of your associates look for ways to "make themselves look good" which translates to completely unproductive attention grabs
They don't share thier knowledge to new bee to grow and learn ..too much micro management by mentor and manager..They don't co- oprate at all. To much politics within team and biased behaviour.
Akamai is a very competitive environment. Most coworkers are insecure in their positions and relentless seek to undermine colleagues.
Review from Engineering Dept
Show some interest on what they are doing
Review from Sales Dept
company is very slow to make decisions and not many people take ownership of key decisions - simple processes are made extremely complicated -
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
There is no communication or leadership. Plans are not communicated. There is zero opportunity to work with colleagues on something that is not directly billable to a customer. No team collaboration or group learning.
Review from Engineering Dept
For remote workers, the draconian travel policy. The company is concentrated in Cambridge, MA, but if you are remote, you are never allowed to travel there, ever, per the travel policy.
Review from Sales Dept
More efficient, faster decisions, dont wait for the competition to come and eat your lunch
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
It is up to the manager to decide the number of steps involved in the interview. HR should provide them more guidance
Should have made by professionals
Review from Sales Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Higher management please grow up and trust employee..not only manager comment.
Akamai is still leveraging its original idea from two decades ago. It is becoming commoditized and Akamai has no ability to innovate or create new products.
Review from Engineering Dept
Can't. The company should go a deep reorganisation process
Review from Sales Dept
There is no innovation, in general it is poorly managed, and there is no responsibility or accountability for overall strategy across verticals. Improvement would be greater investment in original development, more and more empowered managers, and an office focused on cross-company strategy.
Review from Sales Dept
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